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Show CARETAKER PAID FORUM WORK Albain House Maintained by Mutual Figures in Investigation. In-vestigation. WITNESS CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT VOUCHERS MEAN Metropolitan President Confesses Con-fesses to Receiving Same Salary as McCall. NEW YORK. Nov 9. -The house In Al-bany, Al-bany, N Y , which lHtlmony lieforc the Insurance in es tics ting committee hap heretofore shown wss foi a number of years maintained i funds of the Mutual Life Insurance company, was attain given some attention by Charles E Hushes counsel for the committee, when Michael P Mullancy, the caretaker of the house, v.-as called toda as a witness. Dooked After the House. Air. Mullaney's testimony was In great part u corroboration of previous tcstt-mony tcstt-mony that Fields, while employed us Stationery agent .r llv. Mutual hIro looked after legislative matters, and pnld the rent for the Albany house. PfJcl for "'Legal Services." Tadaj B niimher of vouchers Nlgne.l by Mullau.-;. . ,- i j r 1 1 1 1 t l the witness who acknowledged receiving ihe money for them Elome purported to he for legal services sunn for sundries and some tor traveling expenses. Wltne-n said he was iiui a lawyer and could not explain hy vouchers were made out to that Item J M. Beck, counsel for the Mutual, however, took occasion to remind tin-counsel tin-counsel that all vouchers for the maintenance main-tenance Of this house, It had been testified testi-fied were charged to legal expenses. Mr. Huches r:ild that did not explain why some were for lraellng expenses and some for sundries Couldn't Explain Item9. Mullaney could not tell what the sundries sun-dries were unless they were supplies He had taken trips to New fork to see Mr Flel.ls at the latter's suggestion He did not know how many times he had been to New Votk He sometimes bought tickets for Mr Fields. Nineteen vouchers were Identified by Mullaney, for all of whldi he admitted h received the money which aggregated K7S9 These were paid between March T, 1)", and July 11' 1905 Mullaney said his salary was $25 a month lie had never carried any money to Albany from New York for Mr. Fields and had never paid out any money for Fields Barnes Is Excused. The greater part of the day William Barnes, 8r , formerly of Albany but now living at Nantucket. Mass.. sat In the committee room waiting to be called, but late in the afternoon he was excused for the day Mr Barnes figured In this Investigation In-vestigation several weeks ago. when vouchors for legal services bearing his signature u -i c produced together with letter 'iRi eii t,v William Barnes Jr., of Albany, reminding the Mutual Life that his father's ' honorarium' had not been received, and further asking that a check he forwarded. Salaiy Soma as McCall's. The Metropolitan Life insurance company com-pany figured In the greater part of the day's proceedings. John R. liegeman, president cf the company, who was on the stand when adjournment was taken iterday, was the flrt witness today, and the expenses of the company were further gone into. It was brought out that Mr. liegeman's salary Is the same an that of John A McCall, president of the New York Life. JIh.moi Previous to .:. however, Ml liegeman received $90.- uoo. The salary of Vice-President Haley Fli-ke is 76,O0O, George 11. tiaston. second vice-president, receives $:;7.'ji. and Frank Ay res, third vice-president, receives $10,250. Tell6 of Agents' Work. The work of agents In tho field and their compensation was taken up with Mi Ib-geman, and later James ( raigh the actuarv. was -al!e.l to supply details as to figures with which Mr, liegeman was not familiar. lit in the day when Mr ralgh had been ex. used Mr liegeman was again called and the subject of the company's securities were taken up, but the Interrogation Inter-rogation had hardlv Iwgun when adjournment adjourn-ment for the day was ordered. |